JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, DECEMBER 2000
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Dec. 2000   Dec. 1999   Dec. 2000   Dec. 1999
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Live:
Eel, adult              1,496       1,008       1,311        763
Others                  1,049         748       1,276        964
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           1           -          1
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon      121         115          79         88
Atlantic salmon         3,257       2,796       1,852      1,812
Yellowfin tuna          3,724       3,528       2,607      2,529
Bluefin tuna              963         938       4,294      3,967
Bigeye tuna             2,325       2,755       1,766      2,275
Southern bluefin tuna       7          35           7         43
Sea bream                 153         114         106        115
Billfish                  240         152         158        113
Frozen                       
Swordfish                 118         174          85        135
Pacific sockeye         2,519       1,631       1,178        880
Pacific coho            7,431       4,940       2,516      2,648
Other Pacific salmon      528       2,036         199        315
Pink salmon             7,395       8,360       2,652      4,754
Atlantic salmon           643         454         260        240
Other salmon               69         232          35        114
Halibut                 1,023       1,352         364        523
Albacore tuna             173         163          62         35
Yellowfin tuna          8,849       8,069       2,472      2,795
Skipjack                7,046      10,502         346        616
Bluefin tuna               99          34         187         89
Bigeye tuna             8,418      10,338       5,426      8,533
Herring                 3,714       8,209         192        411
Cod                     2,010       1,324         697        404
Mackerel               61,033      40,973       6,777      5,051
Mero                      648         579         393        456
Jack mackerel           9,313      13,522         962      1,340
Sea bream               1,053         561         261        153
Capelin                 1,257         541         302        201
Billfish                  624         687         196        187
Spanish mackerel          274         176         109         58
Rockfish                1,831       1,651         437        346
Sablefish                 628       1,043         613        945
Herring roe               355         264         173        111
Pollock roe               794         484       1,286        493
Mero, fillet              162         751         180        942
Swordfish, fillet         106         136          66         70
Pollock surimi          9,964       5,155       2,088      1,357
Cod Surimi                502       1,312          95        274
Threadfin bream         5,594       4,431       1,027        884
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               257         184         151        143
Pollock roe               170         138         339        213
Salmon roe                168         197         465        525
Shellfish
Live/fresh
Sea urchin                990         964         635        628
Arkshell                  742         699         436        364
Spiny lobster             375         366         945      1,032
King crab               3,020       3,472       2,028      2,189
Tanner crab             2,396       2,433         984        958
Blue crab                 359         261         446        407
Other crab                324         537         415        743
Oyster                  1,697       1,890       1,332      1,535
Clam                    3,316       4,020         915        845
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             447         411         796        688
Lobster                    21          62          46        123
Shrimp                 22,827      23,240      29,995     26,819
King crab               2,951       2,833       4,870      4,479
Tanner crab             1,845       1,125       1,970      1,157
Blue crab               1,025         921         484        409
Other crab                 84         152          71        140
European cuttlefish     1,079         521         502        292
Octopus                 2,535       4,337         902      1,317
Scallop                     7         101           8         78
Other cuttlefish        2,886       2,900       1,776      1,756
Squid                      34         543           7         71
Abalone                    35          50         170        219
Salted/dried                 
Squid                     197         123         125         88
Sea urchin roe             97          54         400        270
Jellyfish                 528         883         257        399
Seaweed, dried            597         530         323        288
Seaweed, salted           769         910          69         69
Prepared                     
Eel                     6,185       4,851       6,841      4,925
Canned crab                 -          18           -         18
Fish meal              21,256      12,564      11,208        761

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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu 

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